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The Verge 2 months ago 34 ● 3 sources
Flock’s automatic license plate reader cameras, which use AI to identify and track vehicles, have faced contract cancellations and shutdowns across the US after scrutiny over data collection and access. More than 120,000 of Flock’s ALPR cameras are installed nationwide. As a result, Los Angeles canceled or turned off use and Ring canceled its partnership with Flock, while the LAPD suspended its use for now.
Product Hunt 2 months ago 27
GhostWriter by MyHandler launched and lets users double-tap Ctrl in any text field to generate a reply based on on-screen context and personal data. The key interaction is two taps of the Left Ctrl in any text field. It types a suggested message into the box but never sends, with help from an encrypted vault on the PC and checks to avoid double-booking.
BBC News 2 months ago 32 ● 3 sources
Twitch users reacted with outrage after Twitch said content could be used to train Amazon generative AI unless they explicitly opt out. Twitch explained the opt-out is disabled by default, and users must toggle off "training for Generative AI" in the Streamer Dashboard settings. The incident prompted a tutorial for disabling it and led some users to report the setting turning back on again, while the BBC sought comments from Twitch and Amazon.
Apple Machine Learning Research 2 months ago 31
The authors propose an unlearning method that uses influence functions to find training points with negligible impact and then unlearns only the relevant subset. Up to about 50 percent computational savings are reported on real-world empirical examples by shrinking the dataset before unlearning. The approach changes unlearning by avoiding processing every point in the forget set equally, reducing compute cost.
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20 October 2026
The biggest AI thread today is Meta’s move from “spend on models” to “own the machine,” with Mark Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang describing a full-stack strategy and a $100 billion-plus bet that could rise to $200 billion. Meta isn’t waiting for proof before building; it’s scaling its own infrastructure while also plotting monetization beyond ads—commercializing AI compute and deploying agent-style tools like Muse to turn internal capacity into an external revenue stream. It’s a familiar platform play, but with unusually large numbers attached.
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